The suicide of a young woman who worked for advertising giant Dentsu Inc. was ruled as death by overwork, or "karoshi," after it was found she logged around 105 hours of monthly overtime.
Bereaved family members of Matsuri Takahashi, 24, and lawyers working on behalf of the family disclosed the finding by the Mita Labor Standard Inspection Office in Tokyo at a news conference on Oct. 7.
The labor office issued its ruling on Sept. 30.
It was not the first time a Dentsu employee has resorted to suicide as a result of being forced to clock up grueling overtime.
Takahashi worked for the agency's Digital Account division, which was in charge of online advertising and was recently discovered to have been engaged in systematic overbilling and deliberate cheating of customers. Full story...
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Bereaved family members of Matsuri Takahashi, 24, and lawyers working on behalf of the family disclosed the finding by the Mita Labor Standard Inspection Office in Tokyo at a news conference on Oct. 7.
The labor office issued its ruling on Sept. 30.
It was not the first time a Dentsu employee has resorted to suicide as a result of being forced to clock up grueling overtime.
Takahashi worked for the agency's Digital Account division, which was in charge of online advertising and was recently discovered to have been engaged in systematic overbilling and deliberate cheating of customers. Full story...
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